Healthy foods and supplements manufacturers in Canada are concerned that proposed amendments to the Food and Drugs Act will bring an end to what has been a gradual shift to health products being uniquely classified, and usher in a reversion to...

With as many as four out of five new dietary ingredient (NDI) submissions being rejected by the Food and Drug Administration, some say the agency is using the NDI process to quash product innovation while others claim it is making up for previous...

Fifteen nutrients have been granted a stay of execution after the UK?s Food Standard?s Agency (FSA) announced receipt of Europe?s first scientific dossiers supporting nutrients not currently permitted by the European Union?s Food Supplements...

L-carnitine shuttles fuel into cells to be burned as energy; coenzyme Q10 sparks the energy within the cells; ribose is a component of adenosine triphosphate (ATP); and alpha-lipoic acid increases ATP levels. TODD RUNESTAD delves into the evidence...

Health claims are a valuable way of educating consumers about the foods they eat. But what kind of scientific research is needed for a sufficiently validated claim? PER BENGTSSON, MD, PhD, explores the pitfalls of trying to test foods like drugs ...

Israel will become the third nation after Denmark and Canada to pass legislation limiting trans fats in foods. Israel?s stance follows recently published US Department of Agriculture dietary recommendations advocating higher consumption of fish...

While the Glycaemic Index — a system that ranks foods according to their effect on blood glucose levels — continues to capture headlines, it remains a confusing concept, according to one prominent UK body...

Spotlight shines on second-largest nutrition market
Natural Products Expo Japan will be staged for the first time next month — but it?s not a new event! Expo Japan 2005 will expand on the successful Functional Foods Exhibition, organised for th...